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Typewriter Sculptures

Penguin September 2nd, 2008

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It takes roughly 40 typewriters and 1,000 hours for Mayer to assemble a full-scale figurine like this reclining female form.
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Mayer, who describes his work as a cross between Leonardo da Vinci’s mechanical drawings and the gritty futures imagined by sci-fi maestros William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, assembles his artwork without welding, soldering or gluing.

- Wired

Over the weekend, Ninja mentioned she had a penchant for old school typewriters. I’ve used typewriters, and I’ll take a pc any day. But there is something kind of really awesome about refashioning these old relics and making something fantastic with them.

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Video: Vent Art

Penguin April 11th, 2008

Joshua Allen Harris makes inflatable street installation art. He takes garbage bags and uses the air from passing subway trails to inflate them. The video doesn’t show the bear that they mention, but I was able to find a pic.


There’s something kind of magical and sad when the animal comes to life then slowly dying again.

-Penguin

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